SENTENCES OF YOUTH DETENTION AND GENDER – THE LOOK OF THE MAGISTRATES IN PERNAMBUCO ON FEMALE ADOLESCENTS IN CRIME

Authors

  • Érica Babini Lapa do Amaral Machado Universidade Católica de Pernambuco
  • Williams França da Silva Universidade Católica de Pernambuco
  • Andrielly Stephany Gutierres Silva Universidade Católica de Pernambuco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/rfdufpr.v61i2.42294

Keywords:

Female adolescents. Judicial decisions. Stereotypes. Gender.

Abstract

Considering the current high rates of detention of female adolescents – under the theoretical view of the feminist critic criminology, subsidized by the labeling approach – the following question is justified and necessary: Do the perceptions of magistrates regarding gender – such as “the role of woman” and the expectation about this “role”, fruit of the patriarchal structure of the society – influence the judicial sentencing decision? The research aimed to investigate the existence, by the magistrates, of gender-stereotype elements. To this end it was used the deductive methods of analysis of bibliography that covers gender issues within social relations as well as the analysis of the content of twenty-eight sentences given by magistrates from 2010 to 2012 in the state of Pernambuco (Northeast Brazil). The arguments of the magistrates were regarded as patriarchal conceptions, classified into categories which endorse a stereotypical vision of gender, imbued with a camouflaged desire of control over females, so that the judicial activity works as a public mechanism of punishment to those girls who run away from the informal control, reinforcing the patriarchal control by criminalizing them in specific situations, notably when they transcend the ethos reserved for the female role.

Author Biographies

Érica Babini Lapa do Amaral Machado, Universidade Católica de Pernambuco

Doutora em Direito pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Professora de Direito Penal e Criminologia da Universidade Católica de Pernambuco (Recife, PE, Brasil). Integrante do Grupo Asa Branca de Criminologia.

Williams França da Silva, Universidade Católica de Pernambuco

Graduado em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Estudante do curso de Direito da Universidade Católica de Pernambuco (Recife, PE, Brasil). Pesquisador do Grupo Asa Branca de Criminologia.

Andrielly Stephany Gutierres Silva, Universidade Católica de Pernambuco

Estudante do curso de Direito da Universidade Católica de Pernambuco (Recife, PE, Brasil). Pesquisador do Grupo Asa Branca de Criminologia.

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Published

2016-08-23

How to Cite

Machado, Érica B. L. do A., Silva, W. F. da, & Silva, A. S. G. (2016). SENTENCES OF YOUTH DETENTION AND GENDER – THE LOOK OF THE MAGISTRATES IN PERNAMBUCO ON FEMALE ADOLESCENTS IN CRIME. Revista Da Faculdade De Direito UFPR, 61(2), 175 – 202. https://doi.org/10.5380/rfdufpr.v61i2.42294

Issue

Vol. 61 No. 2 (2016)

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